Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Assur" | Babylon / Akkadia | National deity of Assyria |
God name "Assur" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Tutelary god. The national deity of Assyria. In the Assyrian copies of the creation epic Enuma Elis he replaces MARDUK as the hero.... |
Goddess name "Atars'amain (morning star of heaven)" | Pre - Islamic northern / central Arabian | Astral deity of uncertain gender. Worshiped particularly by the Isamme tribe, but revered widely among other Arabs. Known from circa 800 BC and identified in letters of the Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. May be synonymous with the Arab goddess ALLAT whose cult was centered on Palmyra.... |